Blotter-holder.



A. I. COLE.

BLOTTER HOLDER.

APPLIOATIOHTILED JULY 22,- 1908.

924,739. Patented June 15,1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARGYLE I. COLE, OF OBERLIN, KANSAS.

BLO'I'TER-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Application filed July 22, 1908. Serial No. 444,844.

- reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvements, Fig. 2 is a side elevation there of, Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof a wrist attaching member, and Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of a blotter securing plate.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

My improved blotter attaching device comprises a blotter carrying plate A, a wrist engaging sp ing C, and a removable blotter piece B. Plate A is formed with edge flanges a, b and c and a cut-away portion d. The flanges (L, b and c are bent in a common direction so as to form guide-ways for the removable blotter piece B, which is slidably secured on plate A. Flange b may be dispensed with, but it is preferably used, as it limits the movement of the blotter piece B and thereby increases the utility of my improvements by holding the same in a positive position. The plate A is further formed with sleeves c and which sleeves are positioned intcrmcdiately of the edges of plate A. The plate A is adapted to be secured to a Wrist by means of the wrist engaging member C, which is preferably formed of a single piece ol'wire by being bent so as to form a cross bar it, curved portions '5 and j, runners Z and m, curved portions 1?. and o and in-i wardly bent ends p and q. The endsip and q are connected together by means of a sleeve D. The spring C is secured to the plate A by the runners Z and m extending through the sleeves c and f. The spring C is preferably formed with coils E which serve to increase its resiliency, and when secured to the plate A, the curved portions i, j, n and 0, will project upwardly from the plate A so as to accommodate a wrist.

The spring C may be made of several pieces of material, but is preferably made of a single piece of material, which may be aluminum, brass, tin, steel, celluloid, ,or

other material.

A blotter can 1 be quickly applied to the plate A and the spring C can be quickly mounted on a wrist, and when so mounted will not be uncomfortable to the wearer. To remove the spring from the wrist, the curved parts are spread by grasping the plate A and pulling on the same.

The utility of my lmprovement's'is clearly evident. In all large offices a great deal of time is lost in looking for blotters, which are not'always located at once. By means of m attachment a person is enabled to have a letter always in a convenient position for use.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

As a new article of manufacture, the hereindescribed blotter holder comprising a plate, a blotter carried thereby, and a wristengaging member embodying runners secured to said plate, 0 positely curved members connected to sai runners and arranged in opposite pairs, and connecting bars securtogether the ends of corresponding pairs.

in testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARGYLE I. COLE. Witnesses:

A. C. T. GEIGER, JAMES MILLER. 

